1
: all the fans (as of a sport)
2
: the state or attitude of being a fan
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Come celebrate your fandom with us Monday through Friday by signing up here.
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Eventually, BioWare ditched the multiplayer aspects to focus solely on creating a single-player experience, aiming to meet the lofty expectations of the fandom.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Read: The gross spectacle of murder fandom Under the Bridge, by Rebecca Godfrey
The horrific 1997 murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk by several other teenagers prompted a reckoning in Victoria, British Columbia.
—Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Editor’s picks The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Eventually, BioWare ditched the multiplayer aspects to focus solely on creating a single-player experience, aiming to meet the lofty expectations of the fandom.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Read: The gross spectacle of murder fandom Under the Bridge, by Rebecca Godfrey
The horrific 1997 murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk by several other teenagers prompted a reckoning in Victoria, British Columbia.
—Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Such innocuous forms of teenage rebellion as heavy metal fandom or Dungeons & Dragons could get a kid branded a cultist—if not a murderer.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Fandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fandom. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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